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PLEASE NOTE: Blood pressure checks, immunizations, and injections are provided from 9:00am to noon and 2:00pm to 4:00pm on a drop-in basis.

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My Biography

Pride. In how you feel. About your health. About your community. This Kaiser Permanente tagline sums up why I work here. On a daily basis, I get to work for the common good and serve the primary needs of others. That’s a very fulfilling reward.

For as long as I can remember, I have been interested in Behavioral Medicine. I find its integration of behavioral, psychosocial, and biomedical science, as applied to the understanding of health and illness, to be a fascinating area. I help members make significant health improvements through behavior changes and, in the process, decrease emotional and physical suffering.

Personally, I believe strongly in the importance of maintaining a healthy work/life balance. In this respect, I feel fortunate to have a regular yoga practice, and I get to spend quality weekend and holiday time chopping wood and tending the garden with my chosen family, my friends and numerous pets in bucolic California redwood country.

Undergraduate Education: BS, St. Francis University
Medical School and Graduate Education: MS, Shippensburg State University
Specialties or Board Certifications: American Academy of Pain Management, Addictions Specialist, Employee Assistance Professional
Professional Affiliations: Employee Assistance Professionals Association; Society of Behavioral Medicine, California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists;
Began Practice: 1992
Joined Kaiser Permanente: 2001

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